Iranistan
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Iranistan, Residence of P.T. Barnum, 1848
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Byzantine, Moorish, and Turkish |
| Town or city | Fairfield and Iranistan Avenues Bridgeport, Connecticut |
| Country | United States |
| Completed | 1848 |
| Demolished | 1857 (fire) |
| Cost | $150,000 |
| Client | P. T. Barnum |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Leopold Eidlitz |
Coordinates: 41°10′26″N 73°12′07″W / 41.174°N 73.202°W Iranistan was a Moorish Revival mansion in Bridgeport, Connecticut commissioned by P. T. Barnum in 1848. It was designed by an Austrian-American architect Leopold Eidlitz. At this "beautiful country seat" Barnum played host to such famous contemporaries as the Hutchinson Family Singers,Matthew Arnold, George Custer, Horace Greeley, and Mark Twain. The grandiose structure survived only a decade before being destroyed by fire in 1857. It was one of five such fires in the showman's life that "burned to the ground all his accomplishments".
"Barnum’s most unique mansion" was designed by the New York architect Leopold Eidlitz, later a founder of the American Institute of Architects. It was a mix of Byzantine, Moorish, and Turkish decorative elements, inspired by the Royal Pavilion in Brighton, England, which Barnum visited shortly after its construction and admired.
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